(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply;
"staccato applause" "a staccato command" "staccato notes"
having been divided; having the unity destroyed;
"Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces" "a league of disunited nations" "a fragmented coalition" "a split group"
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;
"abrupt prose"
not plugged in or connected to a power source;
"the iron is disconnected"
lacking orderly continuity;
"a confused set of instructions" "a confused dream about the end of the world" "disconnected fragments of a story" "scattered thoughts"